The Americas: How to Stream NBC's Tom Hanks-Narrated Nature Docuseries
New episodes of The Americas are available to stream on Peacock the day after they air.
Want to explore the jaw-dropping wonders of North and South America with Oscar-winner Tom Hanks as your guide?
NBC and Peacock have you covered with The Americas, a 10-episode nature docuseries from Emmy and BAFTA-winning executive producer Mike Gunton (Life, Planet Earth II, Dynasties). New installments air on NBC every Sunday evening at 7:00 p.m. ET/PT before making their way to Peacock next-day. The first five chapters are now streaming.
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"One of the appeals of doing this series was because of the scale, variety, and diversity of habitats and animals [on the continent]," Gunton said in a recent interview with Cherry the Geek TV. "The biggest challenge is every time you go and shoot something, it's an expedition. Every single one has to be bespoke for that habitat, that animal, that location. Unfortunately, there's no one size fits all. I don't know how the logistics team on this series did it. It's extraordinary. I've done a lot of these shows and I think this is by far the most challenging one that I've worked on in terms of the range of logistics."
How can you stream The Americas?
New episodes of The Americas are available to stream on Peacock the day after they air on NBC. As of this writing, subscribers can gain access to the first five installments: "The Atlantic Coast," "Mexico," "The Wild West," "The Amazon," and "The Frozen North."
The remaining five episodes of The Americas are "The Gulf Coast," "The Andes," "The Caribbean," "The West Coast," and "Patagonia."
A behind-the-scenes special, The Making of The Americas, is slated to hit Peacock Monday, April 21.
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"When you're trying to tell this story of the entire supercontinent, there are millions of stories you can tell, so you have to make your selection right at the front," Gunton added. "And that's like casting in a movie."
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